diff --git a/web/src/components/chat/chat-messages-panel.tsx b/web/src/components/chat/chat-messages-panel.tsx
index 0ba25f8..f03d928 100644
--- a/web/src/components/chat/chat-messages-panel.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/chat/chat-messages-panel.tsx
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ export function ChatMessagesPanel({ messages, isLoading, isSending }: Props) {
                 ) : message.content.trim() ? (
                   <MarkdownContent
                     markdown={message.content}
+                    openLinksInNewTab
                     className={cn("[&_a]:text-inherit [&_a]:underline", isUser ? "leading-[1.78] text-fuchsia-50" : "leading-[1.82] text-violet-50")}
                   />
                 ) : null}
diff --git a/web/src/components/markdown/markdown-content.tsx b/web/src/components/markdown/markdown-content.tsx
index 1a0e066..d28baf5 100644
--- a/web/src/components/markdown/markdown-content.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/markdown/markdown-content.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ type Props = {
   className?: string;
   mode?: MarkdownMode;
   resolveCitationIndex?: (href: string) => number | undefined;
+  openLinksInNewTab?: boolean;
 };
 
 function replaceMarkdownLinksWithCitationTokens(markdown: string, resolveCitationIndex?: (href: string) => number | undefined) {
@@ -28,17 +29,30 @@ markdownRenderer.table = (token) => {
   return `<div class="md-table-scroll">${renderTable(token)}</div>`;
 };
 
-function renderMarkdown(markdown: string) {
-  const rawHtml = marked.parse(markdown, { gfm: true, breaks: true, renderer: markdownRenderer }) as string;
-  return DOMPurify.sanitize(rawHtml, { ADD_ATTR: ["class", "target", "rel"] });
+function setNewTabLinkAttributes(currentNode: Element) {
+  if (currentNode.tagName !== "A") return;
+  currentNode.setAttribute("target", "_blank");
+  currentNode.setAttribute("rel", "noopener noreferrer");
 }
 
-export function MarkdownContent({ markdown, className, mode = "default", resolveCitationIndex }: Props) {
+function renderMarkdown(markdown: string, openLinksInNewTab: boolean) {
+  const rawHtml = marked.parse(markdown, { gfm: true, breaks: true, renderer: markdownRenderer }) as string;
+  if (!openLinksInNewTab) return DOMPurify.sanitize(rawHtml, { ADD_ATTR: ["class", "target", "rel"] });
+
+  DOMPurify.addHook("afterSanitizeAttributes", setNewTabLinkAttributes);
+  try {
+    return DOMPurify.sanitize(rawHtml, { ADD_ATTR: ["class", "target", "rel"] });
+  } finally {
+    DOMPurify.removeHook("afterSanitizeAttributes", setNewTabLinkAttributes);
+  }
+}
+
+export function MarkdownContent({ markdown, className, mode = "default", resolveCitationIndex, openLinksInNewTab = false }: Props) {
   const html = useMemo(() => {
     const prepared =
       mode === "citationTokens" ? replaceMarkdownLinksWithCitationTokens(markdown, resolveCitationIndex) : markdown;
-    return renderMarkdown(prepared);
-  }, [markdown, mode, resolveCitationIndex]);
+    return renderMarkdown(prepared, openLinksInNewTab);
+  }, [markdown, mode, openLinksInNewTab, resolveCitationIndex]);
 
   return <div className={cn("md-content", className)} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: html }} />;
 }